Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-11
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Ex-senator Maxey. of Texas. declines to
act with prohibitionists in Texas.
Ii is stated that Balfour is preparing a
>elf-government scheme for Ireland.
Thirteen people were killed by nitro
glycerine explosion in Freiburg. Saxony.
Two shocks of earthquake We're felt al
Burlington. Vermont, Sunday. No dam
age.
A company has been organized in Day
ton, o., 10 bore for gas near the Soldiers
home.
Two Thousand three hundred and ninety
two emigrants arrived at Castle Garden
Saturday.
There WAS noting in Il lfast Sunday.
The police fired on crowd, but nobody
was killed.
John T. RAYMOND. the comedian. died in
Evansville, early Sunday morning, after a
brief illness.
The official footings Of the recent munic-
pal election al Cincinnati give Mayor Smith
6sl plurality.
All the planning mills in Cincinnati except
one are shut down on account of the car
penters' strike.
The sealing steamer Eagle, thought TO
have been lost, was sighted by tha steamer
Aurora Ap-il 5.
The attitude of the Catholic press has pro
voked serious opposition to the German
ecclesiastical bill.
Mr.. Blaine is steadily improving. and the
crisis is believed to have passed. Dr. Mudd
has returned 10 St Louis.
The Galveston Nc,rs prints an open let
ter from Senator Reagan. in which he comes
ont squarely for prohibition.
The members of Temple Israel. of 81.
Louis. have subscribed $500 to the Henry
Ward Beecher monument fund.
The eyes of Europe are on the ear. The
antocrat says he is ready 10 tight. but
doesn't think he will do so this year.
A benefit will be given to the veteran
actor. James f.. Murdoch, at the odeon.
Cincinnati. April 23. ShakSpeare's birthday.
New York police authorities think they
have the burglar who murdered Lyman
Weeks in Brooklyn on the night of March
18th.
The winter wheat in Ohio. Indiana, Hi
nois. Kansas and Missouri is reported con
siderably injured by the continued dry
weather.
The Cincinnati Street railway company
has purchased the Mt. Auburn Incline rail-
way company for S250.000. subject Ia 4
bonded indebtedness OF Sl25.O00.
report comes from 81. Petersburg that
another attempt has been made upon the
life of tie ear. 4 man and oman were
arrested with bombs concealed on their
person.
Michael Davitt and wife were presented
with furnished cottage on killiney Bay
as a wedding present. The donors were
Irish and American The furnishings in
cluded a fine piano and portrait of Mr..
Davitt.
Nate Stuart. Indiana agent of the En-
pire manufacturing company. of Akron.
o.. charged with embeZZling - 200 of the
company 5 money, last fall, and who
jumped bail and decamped. was caught in
New York and returned to LoganSpOr fOr
trial
The new Kansas liquor law makes il nee
essary fer man desiring to open drug
store to have twenty-five women signerS 10
the petition. and any person who buys llq-
uOr must go before notary public and
make affidavit as To what use he will make
of il and that il is not intended for bev-
erage.
An attempt was made by members of the
Turner'S executive board in Chicago 10 Sc
cure the moral support of the Turner's for
the condemned anarchists. Ii met with
strong opposition. and Sunday a district
convention of the societies depO>ed the
members of the executive board who had
been prominent in the movement.
The Cincinnati exposition commissioners
have determined that the Centennial expo
Sition shall be held in buildings IN Wash
il.gton park. along the line of the cana
and in the Music hall buildings. The gen
eraI building in Washington park j. Ia be in
the form of a cross. coo feel north and
south. 400 feet east and west. and 10 feet
in width 10 a large central dome 10 cover
the lake.